Media and Occupational Aspirations: The Effect of Television on Career Aspirations of Adolescents

Vocational decisions are important decisions for adolescents. This article takes television effects into account. A literature review for the occupational world in TV programs reveals a strong focus on some occupations as well as small cultivation effects plus learning effects from mediated role models. A secondary analysis of 2 panel waves was undertaken to study the effect of media role models on occupational aspiration. Television usage in a program segment correlated with corresponding aspirations. A process models showed a strong effect of career aspiration in 1 panel wave on related television usage and career aspirations in the following panel wave.     

Effect of ultraviolet photofunctionalization of dental titanium implants on osseointegration

Objective

The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of ultraviolet (UV) photofunctionalization of dental titanium implants with exposure to the oral cavity on osseointegration in an animal model.

Methods

Forty-eight titanium implants (Camlog® Conelog® 4.3 mmx9.0 mm) were placed epicrestally into the edentulous jaws of three minipigs and implant stability was assessed by measuring the implant stability quotient (ISQ). Prior to implantation half of the implants were photofunctionalized with intense UV-light. After three months, the implants were exposed and ISQ was measured again. After six months of implant exposure, the minipigs were sacrificed and the harvested specimens were analyzed using histomorphometric, light, and fluorescence microscopy.

Main results

Forty-two of 48 implants osseointegrated. The overall mean bone-implant contact area (BIC) was (64±22)%. No significant differences were found in BIC or ISQ value (multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), P>0.05) between implants with and without exposure to UV photofunctionalization.

Conclusions

No significant effects were observed on osseointegration of dental titanium implants nine months after exposure of UV photofunctionalization.

     

Beratung Und Erziehung In Der Schule — Zur Integration Von Beratungsaktivitäten In Das Schulische Erziehungsfeld

Zusammenfassung In dem Beitrag von Christoph Wulf und Norbert Groddeck geht es um Probleme der Integration von Beratungsaktivitäten in das schulische Erziehungsfeld. Dabei geht es nicht nur um die Integration zusätzlicher Beratungsaktivitäten in die bestehende Schulstruktur, sondern um eine Neubesinnung auf Beratung als eine wichtige Form schulischer Erziehung, für deren Entwicklung es in der gegenwärtigen Situation schulischen Lernens wichtige strukturelle Voraussetzungen gibt. In diesem Zusammenhang kommt der Entwicklung der Verbesserung der Beratungskompetenz des Lehrers eine erhebliche Bedeutung zu; denn dem Lehrer obliegt im schulischen Alltag die Aufgabe, die Schüler und ihre Eltern bei Orientierungsfragen und psychosozialen Schwierigkeiten zu beraten. Dazu bedarf es einiger Fähigkeiten, die im Rahmen der Lehrerausbildung und Lehrerfortbildung entwickelt werden müssen. Zu ihnen gehört insbesondere eine praxisbezogene erzieherische Handlungskompetenz.

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This article deals with the problem of integrating counselling activities and the educational activities of the school in the Federal Republic of Germany. The problem is not only how to add more counselling activities to the existing school structure, but also how to conceptualize counselling as an important aspect of the schooling process. Pre-conditions for the latter now exist in the contemporary education scene in Germany. Thus, the improvement of counselling abilities of the teacher is given great importance. It is the teacher who is called upon in the daily life of the school to advise pupils and parents in case of problems of career choice and difficulties of a psycho-social nature. In order to do this, competencies have to be developed in teachers during their pre-service and in-service education. Of special importance is the practical ability to counsel in a school setting.

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Résumé Cet article traite du problème de l'intégration des activités du conseil d'orientation aux activités éducatives de l'école en République Fédérale d'Allemagne. Il ne s'agit pas seulement de savoir comment accorder plus de place au conseil d'orientation, mais aussi de savoir comment concevoir le conseil d'orientation comme un aspect important de l'éducation. Les conditions préalables à ce développement sont réunies à l'heure actuelle dans le système scolaire en Allemagne. C'est ainsi que l'on attache beaucoup d'importance à l'amélioration des qualités de conseiller de l'enseignant, car c'est à l'enseignant que l'on fait appel dans la vie quotidienne de l'école lorsqu'il s'agit de conseiller les élèves et leurs parents pour des problèmes de choix d'une carrière ou en cas de difficultés psycho-sociales. Pour qu'ils en soient capables, les enseignants ont besoin d'acquérir une compétence développée dans le cadre de leur formation et ensuite au cours de leurs stages de perfectionnement professionnel. La capacité pratique de conseiller dans le cadre de l'école est d'une importance spéciale.

     

A faculty team works to create content linkages among various courses to increase meaningful learning of targeted concepts of microbiology

As research faculty with expertise in the area of host–pathogen interactions (HPI), we used a research group model to effect our professional development as scientific educators. We have established a working hypothesis: The implementation of a curriculum that forms bridges between our seven HPI courses allows our students to achieve deep and meaningful learning of HPI concepts. Working collaboratively, we identified common learning goals, and we chose two microorganisms to serve as anchors for student learning. We instituted variations of published active-learning methods to engage students in research-oriented learning. In parallel, we are developing an assessment tool. The value of this work is in the development of a teaching model that successfully allowed faculty who already work collaboratively in the research area of HPI to apply a “research group approach” to further scientific teaching initiatives at a research university. We achieved results that could not be accomplished by even the most dedicated instructor working in isolation.     

Bildung und Popmusik

Die Bedeutung von Popmusik im Leben von Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen wird meist nur im Hinblick auf ihre alltagspraktische Funktion oder den Gebrauch thematisiert, der von ihr gemacht wird. Ausgehend von einigen Anregungen aus ?sthetik, Biographieforschung und Bildungstheorie soll dagegen im vorliegenden Beitrag versucht werden, diese Sichtweise durch die Einbeziehung der Musik selbst auf eine Weise zu erweitern, die es erlaubt, die Auseinandersetzung mit Popmusik als ?sthetische Erfahrung ernst zu nehmen und damit auch die Frage nach ihrem m?glichen Bildungssinn neu zu stellen. Anhand einiger Beispiele aus einer Schreibwerkstatt, in der junge Erwachsene sich erinnernd mit ihren popmusikalischen Erfahrungen auseinander gesetzt haben, wird gezeigt, wie im je spezifischen Zusammenwirken von lebensgeschichtlichem Kontext, dem besonderem musikalischen Material und den Erfahrungen, die damit gemacht werden, neue Sinnschichten und Bedeutungen performativ hervorgebracht werden, die weder als „Ausdruck“ der jeweiligen Situation noch als blo?e „Projektionen“ von momentanen Stimmungen auf ein für sich genommen bedeutungsloses Klanggebilde verstanden werden k?nnen. Ihre Bedeutung für Bildungsprozesse erschlie?t sich freilich erst, wenn eher vom rezeptiven als vom souver?nen Selbst, eher von dem Leben, das wir leben, als von dem, das wir „führen“, ausgegangen wird.     

Experiencing Exhibitions: A Review of Studies on Visitor Experiences in Museums

Abstract This article reviews empirically oriented studies from the United States and Europe concerning visitor experiences in museum exhibitions in order to pinpoint similarities and differences among them. In the last 20 years, only a few scholars have tackled this research question in multifaceted empirical ways, although some of them have done so extensively. By comparing theoretical and methodical issues, as well as important results, we are able to outline several analytical building blocks that compose a complex framework of visitor expectations, experiences, and outcomes. Gathering credible data on experiences of visitors in exhibitions or museums, a method dating back to the tracking records of Robinson (1928) , is an ongoing challenge for the empirically inclined science of museum studies. Social scientists at universities and museums have been asking for 20 years: What are the findings regarding factors, structures, and consequences of exhibition experiences? Where are the blind spots? Which questions should be researched?     

The impact of technology-push and demand-pull policies on technical change - Does the locus of policies matter?

How to foster technical change is a highly relevant and intricate question in the arena of policymaking. Various studies have shown that technology-push and demand-pull policies induce innovation. However, there is a lack of work that distinguishes between the loci of policy support when assessing the policy-innovation relationship. We address this gap by shedding light on the question how the innovation effects of domestic and foreign demand-pull and technology-push policies differ. Using solar photovoltaic modules as a research case we conduct a panel analysis on 15 OECD countries over the period 1978 through 2005 with patent data. Three key findings emerged: First, our analyses find no evidence that domestic technology-push policies foster innovative output outside of national borders. Second, both domestic and foreign demand-pull policies trigger innovative output in a country. Third, we detect no indication that market growth induced by domestic demand-pull policies leads to more national innovative output than market growth induced by foreign demand-pull policies. Consequently, demand-pull policies create significant country-level innovation spillovers, which could disincentivize national policymakers to engage in domestic market creation. Based on these findings we discuss the need to establish supranational demand-pull policy schemes in order to address the spillover issue.